SY4001:00
Sociology Honours
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: Admission to Sociology Honours program on recommendation of HoS
Inadmissable Subject Combination: SY4002
Sociology honours comprises SY4005:12 (Sociology Honours Thesis), SY4006:04 (Directed Readings in Sociology), SY4007:04 (Research Design in Sociology) and SY4008:04 (Contemporary Sociological Analysis)
Sociology honours is available on a full-time or part-time basis to students who have gained grades of credit or higher in at least 12 units of level 3 Sociology and who satisfy the other requirements for entry to the Bachelor of Social Science with Honours.
Staff: Professor S Crook (Honours Coordinator) and other staff.
Sociology honours provides an opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of selected areas of Sociology and to carry out a supervised sociological research project. In addition to a research project examined by thesis, students take two seminar courses and a course of directed reading. Sociology honours develops students’ skills in independent research, report writing and spoken presentation. Sociology honours provides a suitable exit qualification for capable students with an interest in the discipline. It also serves as a foundation for entry to postgraduate research programs in Sociology.
Learning Objectives:
- enable students to reach a professional standard of competence in a selected area of Sociology;
- enhance students’ understandings of the principles and practice of sociological research and analysis;
- develop high-level research, writing and presentation skills.
Assessed as SY4005 (50%); SY4006 (16.7%); SY4007 (16.7%); SY4008 (16.7%).